Course Description

CSS 341 Fundamentals of Programming Theory and Applications
(Charles F. Jackels)

Fundamental concepts and techniques for analysis, design and implementation of computer programming.

We will be learning fundamental concepts and techniques in collaboratively solving practical problems based on analyzing, designing, and implementing computer programs. We will accomplish these goals by developing theoretical and practical programming experience including:

• Modular design, logic flow, data abstraction and pseudo-code.
• Basic programming constructs, functions, and I/O.
• Introduction to sorting and searching algorithms and recursion.
• Programming development cycle, emphasizing testing and debugging
• Solving practical problems based on automating existing commercial applications.

This course is designed for Business Program students to serve as a prerequisite to introductory software engineering. Prerequisite: CSS 161 or its equivalent.